difficult days

Sylvia has been having some difficult day care days. It is probably a combination of transitioning to a new room / teachers and getting some new teeth (at least I hope that's the explanation). I dropped her off this morning screaming at the top of lungs. I could still hear her screaming after I dropped off paperwork down the hall 5 minutes later. That was a first, and please, please, please, let it be a last. No fun. I think if I had snuck out after I setting her up with breakfast, instead of kissing her good-bye, things may have gone better. Lesson learned.
John picked her up and found out she had gotten bitten that morning and still had the bite marks to prove it. Hopefully that was a once and done event as well. Bad timing for a tired and cranky child to be bitten (although I'm not sure what good timing would be.)
This little message from Daddy and Sylvia makes me forget the tears that I left Sylvia with this morning (Click Play below):

Blink

It starts off early in a sandbox

We blink as sand gets in our eyes

We blink up at the sun in wonder

We blink and somehow time just flies ~John Flynn

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And a blink later...all grown up and saying things like "Mine", "I do it", and lots of please and thank you's (my favorites).

She also says "ok" in response to questions now, which I find very funny. Her new teachers are Miss Carrie and Miss Amber, and she says both names perfectly (unlike her own tricky name, which is why she probably still refers to herself as "baby"). The other day she named one of her baby dolls "Emery" after one of the babies at daycare. There is nothing like watching her pat the baby's back or put Emery in her little high chair to feed her "bananas", "meat", and any other food that pops into head at that moment.

computer keyboards

Saturday was work around the house day, although we did go out to dinner, and for some reason we decided to drag our screaming, tired child around Home Depot AND Lowes. Sylvia would have happily stayed at Lowes if we let her. She reached up to the cashier to hold her, who then let her play with computer keyboard. That was definitely the highlight of Sylvie's day.
Sunday we had breakfast at Cracker Barrel, which was great. It was so nice just to hang out in the rocking chairs before they called us. They even had little Sylvie sized chairs. On the way out we bought Sylvia's Halloween Costume. They didn't even have her size (we got a 3T and she wears 18 months), but it was the cutest little outfit and it actually does fit her pretty well.

We stopped at John's office so he could get some files for a trip, and Sylvia wore her little Halloween outfit as she moved big water jugs around and typed on an extra keyboard. John got some cute photos on his phone, but I can't post them and ruin the surprise of what she is going to be!!

After the Eagles game (woo hoo!), Sylvia and I joined my family, including great-Pop-Pop, for dinner at Friendly's. Daddy had to fly out on business. Sylvia spent the night trying to sneak hugs and kisses from Brock. She is so funny with him.

Somehow I survived the weekend without getting called into work. Now if my luck can just hold on another week and a half....